The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas
Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American
legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. Scopes
, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to
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In 1894, Darrow represented Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the American
Railway Union, who was prosecuted by the federal government for leading the
Pullman Strike of 1894. Darrow severed his ties with the railroad to represent
Debs, making a financial sacrifice. He saved Debs in one trial but could not keep
him from ...

This class action, filed January 30, 2017, challenged President Trump's January
27, 2017 Executive Order (EO) ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq,
Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The complaint was filed in the
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ... read ...

Jul 14, 2017 ... A statue of Clarence Darrow appeared in front of the historic red brick courthouse
here this week, just within spitting distance of the banner for the Scopes
Bluegrass Festival and its logo featuring a banjo-picking chimpanzee. Some
have taken grave offense at the addition. After all, Darrow, an agnostic and ...

Jul 11, 2017 ... Despite Darrow's passionate and astute defense of his clients, Judge Woods
ruled against Debs and the ARU. On December 15, 1894, Eugene V. Debs was
sentenced to six months in prison for violating the federal injunction against the
ARU. Seven others, including ARU Vice President Howard, received ...

... otherwise without parallel in Darrow's preserved trial oratory, of observing him
at work in refashioning his rhetorical presentation in order to make his trial
narrative more convincing. – Prof. Bruce W. Frier, Law School, The University of
Michigan (7/2000). Darrow's Summation in the Case of People v. Ossian Sweet
et al.